Altamont vs Dieterich

A side-by-side comparison of Altamont and Dieterich: population, income, housing, and more.

Altamont and Dieterich are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Altamont has the higher population (2,500 vs 1,171 in Dieterich). Altamont has the higher median household income ($76,198 vs $73,750 in Dieterich). Dieterich has the higher median home value ($201,200 vs $132,200 in Altamont).

Population, income & housing

	Altamont	Dieterich
Population	2,500	1,171
Median age	38.0 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median household income	$76,198	$73,750
Median home value	$132,200	$201,200
Median gross rent	$898	$658
Housing units	1,040	483
Homeownership rate	78.0%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altamont	Dieterich
Population	2,333 → 2,500 (+7.2%)	594 → 1,171 (+97.1%)
Median household income	$46,204 → $76,198 (+64.9%)	$62,159 → $73,750 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$98,600 → $132,200 (+34.1%)	$111,700 → $201,200 (+80.1%)
Median gross rent	$748 → $898 (+20.1%)	$543 → $658 (+21.2%)

Altamont

Population

2,3332,500

Median household income

$46,204$76,198

Median home value

$98,600$132,200

Median gross rent

$748$898

Dieterich

Population

5941,171

Median household income

$62,159$73,750

Median home value

$111,700$201,200

Median gross rent

$543$658

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altamont	Dieterich
Under 5	3.5%	11.1%
5 to 17	22.6%	25.0%
18 to 24	3.3%	4.6%
25 to 34	17.1%	16.7%
35 to 44	14.2%	16.9%
45 to 54	6.3%	7.3%
55 to 64	9.7%	9.6%
65 to 74	11.1%	5.0%
75 and over	12.4%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altamont	Dieterich
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	95.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altamont	Dieterich
No high school diploma	7.0%	13.5%
High school graduate	40.0%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altamont	Dieterich
Drove alone	74.9%	81.1%
Carpooled	15.0%	3.3%
Public transit	0.4%	1.6%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	13.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altamont	Dieterich
1-unit, detached	79.2%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	1.4%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Altamont	Dieterich
Poverty rate	14.2%	11.1%
Average household size	2.44	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1964	1995